*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
6.7 Quake/aftershocks Shake Southern New Zealand*
The Associated Press
Monday, October 15, 2007; 2:59 PM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southern
New Zealand early Tuesday, but police in the region said there were no
immediate reports of injury or damage.
Two aftershocks later rattled the region.
The initial quake, which struck at sea 38 miles west of Milford Sound on
South Island's west coast at 1:29 a.m. local time Tuesday, was some 15
miles beneath the surface, the New Zealand geological agency, GNS
Science, reported on its Web site.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said it did not expect the
quake to generate a destructive tsunami.
Police senior sergeant Bruce Ross in the southern city of Dunedin said,
"We felt it (here), but there are no reports of injury or damage."
"We heard the blinds rattle a bit, but that was it," he added.
Inspector Alan Weston in the southern city of Christchurch said about 10
people called shortly after the quake, but "we have no reports of damage
or any injury," adding the sharp quake was "not felt in Christchurch."
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